Lilac

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lilac: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lilac: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,783 in 2015, and it stood at #1,894 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1783highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2001	#3262
2002	#4137
2003	#4373
2004	#3725
2005	#2682
2006	#2137
2007	#2895
2008	#2721
2009	#3031
2010	#2843
2011	#2893
2012	#2521
2013	#3160
2014	#2203
2015	#1783
2016	#4763
2017	#2341
2018	#3178
2019	#3541
2020	#2300
2021	#1866
2022	#2178
2023	#2689
2024	#1894

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1783 among girls in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Lilac by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lilac in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	7	2 of 10	4
2000s	56	10 of 10	6
2010s	89	10 of 10	9
2020sbusiest	62	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Lilac appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1783 in England and Wales in 2015.

Lilac's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1894	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,783, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
26 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,894position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2015Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Lilah-Mae · #1692, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Emin · #1782, 24y
Kamilah · #1784, 29y
Khansa · #1784, 24y
Nandini · #1784, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Atiyyah · #1784, 11y
Emin · #1782, 24y
Kamilah · #1784, 29y
Khansa · #1784, 24y

Lilac and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lilac without appearing here.

Lilac moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1894 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1894 and #5891.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.
Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1894 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Lilac

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1436.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1866 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2178 and #1452.
Eabha Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1783 and #2070 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #4096.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1894 and #1743.

Moved the opposite way to Lilac

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilac went from #3824 to #1894 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilac went from #3824 to #1894 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilac went from #3824 to #1894 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilac went from #3824 to #1894 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Lilac

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilac went from #3824 to #1894 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilac went from #3824 to #1894 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilac went from #3824 to #1894 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Lilac went from #3824 to #1894 and Amalie from #3824 to #1128.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1783 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Lilac

Lilac at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lilac by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lilac appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Lilac and the names beside it

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Lilac at a glance

Lilac by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Lilac appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Lilac and the names beside it

Lilac moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lilac

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